The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the annual awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle.
| Year | English title | Original title | Country | Director(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Mayerling | France | Anatole Litvak | ||
| 1938 | Grand Illusion | La Grande Illusion | France | Jean Renoir | |
| 1939 | Harvest | Regain | France | Marcel Pagnol | |
| Year | English title | Original title | Country | Director(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | The Baker's Wife | La femme du boulanger | France | Marcel Pagnol | |
| 1946 | Rome, Open City | Roma città aperta | Italy | Roberto Rossellini | |
| 1947 | To Live in Peace | Vivere in pace | Italy | Luigi Zampa | |
| 1948 | Paisan | Paisà | Italy | Roberto Rossellini | |
| 1949 | Bicycle Thieves | Ladri di biciclette | Italy | Vittorio De Sica |
| Year | English title | Original title | Country | Director(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | L'Amore | Italy | Roberto Rossellini | ||
| 1951 | Miracle in Milan | Miracolo a Milano | Italy | Vittorio De Sica | |
| 1952 | Forbidden Games | Jeux interdits | France | René Clément | |
| 1953 | Justice Is Done | Justice est faite | France | André Cayatte | |
| 1954 | Gate of Hell | Jigokumon | Japan | Teinosuke Kinugasa | |
| 1955 | Umberto D. | Italy | Vittorio De Sica | ||
| 1956 | The Road | La Strada | Italy | Federico Fellini | |
| 1957 | Gervaise | France | René Clément | ||
| 1958 | My Uncle | Mon Oncle | France | Jacques Tati | |
| 1959 | The 400 Blows | Les Quatre Cents Coups | France | François Truffaut | |
| Year | English title | Original title | Country | Director(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Hiroshima My Love | Hiroshima mon amour | France | Alain Resnais | |
| 1961 | The Sweet Life | La Dolce Vita | Italy | Federico Fellini | |
| 1963 | 8½ | Otto e mezzo | Italy | Federico Fellini | |
| 1964 | That Man from Rio | L'homme de Rio | France | Philippe de Broca | |
| 1965 | Juliet of the Spirits | Giulietta degli spiriti | Italy | Federico Fellini | |
| 1966 | The Shop on Main Street | Obchod na korze | Czechoslovakia | Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos | |
| 1967 | The War Is Over | La guerre est finie | France | Alain Resnais | |
| 1968 | War and Peace | Voyna i mir | Soviet Union | Sergei Bondarchuk |
| Year | English title | Original title | Country | Director(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Bread and Chocolate | Pane e cioccolata | Italy | Franco Brusati | |
| 1979 | The Tree with the Wooden Clogs | L'albero degli zoccoli | France/Italy | Ermanno Olmi |
| Year | English title | Original title | Country | Director(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | My American Uncle | Mon oncle d'Amérique | France | Alain Resnais | |
| 1981 | Pixote | Pixote: A lei do mais fraco | Brazil | Hector Babenco | |
| 1982 | Time Stands Still | Megáll az idö | Hungary | Péter Gothár | |
| 1983 | Fanny and Alexander | Fanny och Alexander | Sweden | Ingmar Bergman | |
| 1984 | A Sunday in the Country | Un dimanche à la campagne | France | Bertrand Tavernier | |
| 1985 | Ran | Japan/France | Akira Kurosawa | ||
| 1986 | The Decline of the American Empire | Le déclin de l'empire américain | Canada | Denys Arcand | |
| 1987 | My Life as a Dog | Mitt liv som hund | Sweden | Lasse Hallström | |
| 1988 | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios | Spain | Pedro Almodóvar | |
| 1989 | Story of Women | Une affaire de femmes | France | Claude Chabrol | |
| Year | English title | Original title | Country | Director(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | The Nasty Girl | Das Schreckliche Mädchen | Germany | Michael Verhoeven | |
| 1991 | Europa Europa | Hitlerjunge Salomon | Germany | Agnieszka Holland | |
| 1992 | Raise the Red Lantern | Da hong deng long gao gao gua | China/Hong Kong/Taiwan | Zhang Yimou | |
| 1993 | Farewell My Concubine | Ba wang bie ji | China/Hong Kong | Chen Kaige | |
| 1994 | Trois couleurs: Rouge | France/Poland/Switzerland | Krzysztof Kieślowski | ||
| 1995 | Wild Reeds | Les Roseaux sauvages | France | André Téchiné | |
| 1996 | The White Balloon | Badkonake sefid | Iran | Jafar Panahi | |
| 1997 | Ponette | France | Jacques Doillon | ||
| 1998 | The Celebration | Festen | Denmark | Thomas Vinterberg | |
| 1999 | All About My Mother | Todo sobre mi madre | Spain | Pedro Almodóvar | |
| Year | English title | Original title | Country | Director(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Yi Yi | Yī Yī | Japan/Taiwan | Edward Yang | |
| 2001 | In the Mood for Love | Faa yeung nin wa | France/Hong Kong | Wong Kar-wai | |
| 2002 | And Your Mother Too | Y Tu Mamá También | Mexico | Alfonso Cuarón | |
| 2003 | City of God | Cidade de Deus | Brazil | Fernando Meirelles | |
| 2004 | Bad Education | La mala educación | Spain | Pedro Almodóvar | |
| 2005 | 2046 | China/Hong Kong | Wong Kar-wai | ||
| 2006 | Army of Shadows | L'armée des ombres | France/Italy | Jean-Pierre Melville | |
| 2007 | The Lives of Others | Das Leben der Anderen | Germany | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | |
| 2008 | 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days | 4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile | Romania | Cristian Mungiu | |
| 2009 | Summer Hours | L'Heure d'été | France | Olivier Assayas | |
| Year | English title | Original title | Country | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Carlos | France/Germany | Olivier Assayas | |
| 2011 | A Separation | Jodaí-e Nadér az Simín | Iran | Asghar Farhadi |
| 2012 | Amour | Austria/France/Germany | Michael Haneke | |
| 2013 | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2 | France | Abdellatif Kechiche |
| 2014 | Ida | Poland | Paweł Pawlikowski | |
| 2015 | Timbuktu | Mauritania | Abderrahmane Sissako | |
| 2016 | Toni Erdmann | Germany | Maren Ade | |
| 2017 | BPM (Beats per Minute) | France | Robin Campillo[1] | |
| 2018 | Cold War | Zimna Wojna | Poland | Paweł Pawlikowski[2] |
| 2019 | Parasite | Gisaengchung | South Korea | Bong Joon-ho[3] |
| Year | English title | Original title | Country | Director(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Bacurau | Brazil | Kleber Mendonça Filho Juliano Dornelles[4] | ||
| 2021 | The Worst Person in the World | Verdens verste menneske | Norway | Joachim Trier[5] | |
| 2022 | EO | Io | Poland | Jerzy Skolimowski | |
| 2023 | Anatomy of a Fall | Anatomie d'une chute | France | Justine Triet | |
10 directors have won the award multiple times.
| Wins | Director |
|---|---|
| 4 |  Federico Fellini |
| 3 | Pedro Almodóvar |
| Vittorio De Sica | |
 Alain Resnais | |
| Roberto Rossellini | |
| 2 | Olivier Assayas |
| René Clément | |
 Wong Kar-wai | |
| Marcel Pagnol | |
 Paweł Pawlikowski | |